Please note, all Massachusetts Youth Soccer session plans are provided in good faith and must not be handed in as session plans for assignments on US Soccer or United Soccer Caoches coach education courses. We welcome coaches and organizations to share, use and build upon all Mass Youth Soccer Session plans as long as appropriate credit is given.

Please use the Document search below to download 12U plans from previous years.

Please note, all Massachusetts Youth Soccer session plans are provided in good faith and must not be utilized forassignments for US Soccer or NSCAA coach education courses. We welcome coaches and organizations to share, use and build upon all Mass Youth Soccer Session plansas long as appropriate credit is given.

In order to make practices run smoothly and be fun, it is important for us to have a basic understanding of the intellectual, emotional and physical developmental stage of the players we are coaching. Here are some typical characteristics of the Under 12 player:

All children are maturing at different rates and are sensitive to that fact.

Need to warm-up and stretch as muscle pulls and other nagging injuries tend to become more common.